Lyle Lovett[4], the actor-singer-songwriter as well-known for his brief marriage to Julia Roberts as he is for songs like “Here I Am,” “Farther Down the Line” and “L.A. County,” will entertain at the Feb. 24 Triumphant Faces Gala. This benefit for Excelsior Youth Center[5] also salutes Jamie Angelich, Excelsior’s Triumphant Woman of the Year.

Lovett, whose four Grammys include Best Male Country Vocal Performance of the Year, is to what is described as an “intimate, acoustic performance” for those attending this dinner event being chaired by Megan Fearnow, Kasia Iwaniczko MacLeod and Lois Paul. It begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center[6] and tickets can be purchased by calling Karen Rosen, 303-693-1550, ext. 331.

The Triumphant Woman award goes to one who has achieved success despite significant challenges. Angelich, who suffered verbal abuse as a child growing up in Texas, is one of the Denver-area’s most active volunteers. She is a past president of The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver and has chaired its signature fundraiser, the Brass Ring Luncheon. Angelich has chaired numerous other high-profile benefits, such as Le Bal de Ballet and the Children’s Hospital Gala, and has been honored for her efforts on behalf of abused and neglected children by the Kempe Children’s Foundation.

She has also served on the Triumphant Faces Gala committee for the past several years and in fact nominated the 2011 recipient, Ryta Sondergard.